YOUR VOTES ARE IN! THE MOST G LAMOROUS WOMEN 0F ’08 OUR PANEL OF STYLE EXPERTS AND OUR COVER GIRL, JESSICA, NOMINATED ’EM. THEN YOU GUYS—THOUSANDS OF YOU— VOTED ON GLAMOUR.COM. SO WHO MOST DEFINES CHIC THIS YEAR? THE LIST STARTS HERE! NICOLE KIDMAN A mom in ’08 (like numbers one through four), she’s made pale skin and red hair cool. “Nicole is smart and has very good style,” says Patrick Demarchelier. CATE HALLE BERRY GWEN STEFANI BLANCHETT The Oscar winner On this fashionista even “She carries adapted her form- tracksuits are glam! herself like a fitting style for a Says Andrea Lieberman, ballerina,” says sexy pregnant body “She’s old Hollywood Jessica Simpson without a hitch. with a rock ’n’ roll edge.” of the actress, “She handles celeb- who wowed rity with poise at Berlin (right) and maturity,” says this year. Tracy Reese.
Patrick McMullan, Serge Normant, Zac Posen, Tracy Reese, Jessica Simpson, Estee Stanley and celebrity party celebrity hairstylist fashion designer fashion designer actress, singer Cristina Erlich, stylists
BLANCHETT: ARND WIEGMANN/REUTERS. BERRY: PETER BROOKER/REX USA. STEFANI: RAMEY PHOTO. KIDMAN: SUTTON-HIBBERT/REX USA. MCMULLAN: TOM GRIZZLE/PATRICK MCMUL- GRIZZLE/PATRICK USA. MCMULLAN: TOM KIDMAN: SUTTON-HIBBERT/REX RAMEY PHOTO. PETER BROOKER/REX USA. STEFANI: BERRY: ARND WIEGMANN/REUTERS. BLANCHETT: SARDELLA/WIREIMAGE.COM AND ERLICH: DONATO STANLEY CELEBRITYPHOTO.COM. REESE: MCMULLAN. POSEN: CORBIS. FARRELL/PATRICK BILLY LAN. NORMANT: photographer and our cover girl and fashion designers QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN When we think “queen,” we typically think, um, older and a bit dowdy. Not Her JENNIFER Majesty Rania. “She’s the indisputable LOPEZ “She queen of elegance,” says Zac Posen. commands the red carpet,” says Lieberman. Sure, it all started long ago with that PENÉLOPE green dress, but CRUZ The Spanish J.Lo is Most Glam beauty has a thing the same year for fashion (and Javier she gave birth to Bardem). She even twins. How fab! designed a clothing line for Spanish mega-retailer Mango. “She’s chic in every- thing she does,” say Estee Stanley and Cristina Erlich. GWYNETH PALTROW Our ALLEN/REX USA number 12 is a RE G modern-day Grace Kelly. “Gwyneth
SCARLETT G E.COM. BEYONCE: is a goddess,” says G JOHANSSON Posen. “She can Number eight pull off whatever unabashedly owns she wants.” her hotness. Says Demarchelier, “She’s one of the sexiest young actresses of her
generation.” KEVIN M AZU R/WIREIMA OCK/REX USA. PALTROW: BEYONCÉ KNOWLES STEPHEN L LOPEZ: OFF.COM. KATE MOSS More than “She’s like the pied just talent and piper of fashion— smarts, this everyone fol- girl’s got lows exactly looks. “When what she she steps does,” says out, she really E.COM. MOSS: RAMEY PHOTO. PARKER: INF G PARKER: E.COM. MOSS: RAMEY PHOTO. Lieberman. steps out,” G says Reese.
SARAH JESSICA PARKER “She made it OK to be a fashion eccen- tric,” says Simon Doonan. The star of Sex and the City: The Movie has proven, as
the designer of the cheap-chic line Bit- C OOK/REX USA. JOHANSSON: DOMINIQUE CHARRIAU/WIREIMA CRUZ: STEWART JENS KALAENE/EPA/CORBIS. RAINA: ten, that she likes a bargain too. Love her! E.COM G COTILLARD: KEVIN MAZUR/WIREIMA COTILLARD: E.COM. G
RANITZ/WIREIMA IMAN SOFIA COPPOLA CATHERINE “She’s cultivated BFF and muse to Marc DENEUVE and still gorgeous Jacobs, she’s patented smart- A French icon. at 52,” says Doonan girl style. Says Lieberman: “Catherine RIFFIN.COM. RIHANNA: STEVE G RIFFIN.COM. RIHANNA: of the legendary “Any woman who has the con- Deneuve exudes model, cosmetics fidence to wear flat sandals on a very different mogul and, yup, the red carpet is truly glamour kind of glamour— wife of David Bowie. to me.” We love her in heels, too! she’s sexy in a less obvious way,” says Reed Krakoff. G E.COM. HOLMES: AXELLE/BAUER- G RIHANNA Hit songs + adorable style + edgy new KATIE haircut = one glam HOLMES pop star. Welcome to The bob! Those the list, Rihanna! clothes! Where’d “She’s great at mix- Joey Potter go? ing hard and soft Mrs. Cruise is now elements,” says officially a major Xanthipi Joannides. fashion chick. “Katie’s style is chic without being stuffy,” wrote Glamour reader MARION
Lauren Marquez. COTILLARD IMAN: JOE SCHILDHORN/PATRICK MCMULLAN. COPPOLA AND DENEUVE: TONY BARSON/WIREIMA MCMULLAN. COPPOLA AND DENEUVE: TONY IMAN: JOE SCHILDHORN/PATRICK All you need to know: She picked out her Oscars dress herself. Says Ivan Bart: “She’s fearless— and fearless is glamorous.”
191 CAROLINA HERRERA The Venezuelan- born designer’s sig- nature: a classic white collared shirt. “She’s combined HORDLE/REX USA JONATHAN HTLEY: the power of her E.COM. KNI G MADONNA heritage with her G She's mellowed into New York lifestyle to a look she could become one of the keep for decades— greatest designers in RANITZ/WIREIMA not that she history,” says Krakoff. will. “The queen of reinvention,” ES. THERON: STEVE G ES.
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ETTY IMA ISABELLA ROSSELLINI At age 56, you still GISELE love her! “You have BÜNDCHEN to be a little glamor- “What makes her sexy is ous when your her tomboy quality,” mom [Ingrid Bergman] says Serge Normant. This was a major movie year she looked gor- star,” says McMullan. geous in gowns—and in jeans with Tom Brady. CHARLIZE G WINTRAW/ . ROSSELLINI: SCOTT PHOTO E.COM. HERRERA: MARIA VALENTINO/MCV THERON G NATALIA Beauty and brains— VODIANOVA it’s an Oscar-winning Vodianova ushered in combo for our num- the reign of the Eastern ber-27 Most Glam. European model and Says Reese, “You can still lands covers. “Nata- feel the power ema- lia can wear just
nating from her; she’s BLAIR: JIM SPELLMAN/WIREIMA OFF.COM. about anything and no shrinking violet!” make it glamorous,” say Stanley and Erlich.
KUSHNER/INF G DARA TON: KEIRA
KNIGHTLEY E.COM. TURLIN G CHRISTY “She’s a true inge- G TURLINGTON nue—model-like We love that we're more and glamorous,” likely to see the super- says McMullan. But model with a yoga mat we think it’s her than on the runway. “Her toughness that sets look is never too much the awards-show or too little—always just darling apart from right,” says Normant. the pack.
Go to glamour.com/ fashionbeauty for instant SELMA BLAIR glam-up tricks. She’s proof that having Karl Lagerfeld as your BDF (best designer friend) can’t be bad. “Selma keeps it flawless,” say
Stanley and Erlich. JON FURNISS/WIREIMA VODIANOVA: TIM ROOKE/REX MAYER/SPLASHNEWS. MADONNA: USA. BUNDCHEN: JANET
192 MARGHERITA MISSONI An heiress of the famed Italian knit- wear family, Missoni is all about dolce vita style: bright, flirty, fun! “Margherita takes great pleasure in the art of dressing,” says Posen. E.COM G E.COM. SEYMOUR: RYAN BORN/WIREIMA E.COM. SEYMOUR: RYAN G RAPHY/WIREIMA G : RABBANI AND SOLIMENE PHOTO G E.COM. VON FURSTENBER E.COM. VON G JEE9BEI;JE97BB OPRAH She loves : HAL HOROWITZ/WIREMA G hosting guests like Narciso Rodriguez AINSBOUR G and Tory Burch, bring- ing swanky clothes E.COM.
G CARLA BRUNI-SARKOZY to daytime TV. “She’s We’re smitten.“She’s grown gracefully into CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG, charming, she’s chic!” her power, with con- DIANE VON FURSTENBERG RANITZ/WIREIMA says Demarchelier science and generos- & STEPHANIE SEYMOUR of France’s Dior-clad ity,” says Linda Fargo. Our panelists concur. On DVF, above: new first lady. “She’s made the world her oyster!” says Fargo. On Gainsbourg, left: “Classically
USA. CHRISTIE: STEVE G cool with a twist,” say Stanley and Erlich. On Seymour, below: “A sex symbol, mother, art collector, inspiration!” says Bart.
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E.COM. OPRAH: ERIK C. PENDZICH/REX USA. BRUNI-SARKOZY: REX E.COM. OPRAH: ERIK C. PENDZICH/REX USA. BRUNI-SARKOZY: CHRISTIE G This actress- icon codesigned her 2008 Oscar dress (right). Says Bart, “I voted for her because show- ISSONI: DANIELE VENTURELLI/WIREIMA ISSONI: DANIELE
M ing age with grace is glam!” NAOMI CAMPBELL Well, we didn’t say this was the “best-behaved” list. (Campbell even reported to her community service in Louboutin stilettos!) Says Posen: “She shows ferocity and strength.”
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RACHEL ROY DIANE SAWYER, HELEN MIRREN “She’s hands-down, The anchorwoman looks sharp even at 7 A.M. flat-out, so chic,” “She's clearly a smart blond,” says McMullan. says Joannides of And Dame Mirren—she’s the queen. the designer, who has come a long way from her first fashion job at Contempo Casuals when she was 14! CATHERINE ZETA-JONES Six years after Chicago, she’s still capital-S sexy in an LBD. “She always looks amazing, AGYNESS glam and age-appro- DEYN Virtually priate,” says Glamour an unknown name reader Kelly Noyes. just a year ago. Now: “Deyn has the best personal style of anyone,” says Joannides. HEIDI KLUM More popular than ever this year, the Project Runway star never says Auf wiedersehen to REESE WITHERSPOON great style. “Her drive has made her With Jake at her side, the quint- a success, and her family adds essential girl next door looks to a picture-perfect life,” says Bart. happier, and chicer, than ever! “She’s got an innate sense of style, confidence and Southern CAMPBELL: DAVID FISHER/REX USA. ROY: THEO WARGO/WIREIMAGE.COM. SAWYER: MICHEL LOCCISANO/FILMMAGIC.COM. MIRREN: KEVIN MAZUR/WIREIMAGE.COM. MIRREN: KEVIN MAZUR/WIREIMAGE.COM. MICHEL LOCCISANO/FILMMAGIC.COM. SAWYER: THEO WARGO/WIREIMAGE.COM. FISHER/REX USA. ROY: CAMPBELL: DAVID grace,” says Glamour reader Colleen Burton. WILSON/GETTY IMAGES DEYN: STUART WITHERSPOON: BAUER-GRIFFIN.COM. BOB RIHA JR./WIREIMAGE.COM. KLUM: JUN SATO/WIREIMAGE.COM. ZETA-JONES: LINDA EVANGELISTA Two decades after her runway-stomp- ing days, she’s still “a chameleon,” says Normant. “She makes every look her own.” ANNETTE BENING “Annette has panache!” says Posen. Notorious playboy Warren Beatty was one smart man when he nabbed her 16 years ago. EIMAGE.COM. BECKHAM: REX USA /WIR EIMAGE.COM. ERIC CHARBONNEAU GELISTA: KATE HUDSON Your votes tell the story: You love this single- mom superstar. “She always looks like herself, not like a stylist put her together,” says Joannides. DIANE KRUGER: This under-the-radar German actress is a fave of Karl Lager- feld’s—who are we to LAUREN argue? “She has a HUTTON European style sensi- She paved the VICTORIA bility,” says Joannides. way for uncon- ventional, real- BECKHAM She’s gone from woman beauty Spice Girl to L.A. (so big this royal. “I admire year) with her Posh for taking gap-tooth care of herself. smile. Says I’m sick of PJs Bart: “She’s in public,” says all-American.” Glamour reader JENNIFER CONNELLY Tara James. Our office girl crush is the face of the Balenciaga campaign. “She’s an all-time star: elegant, classic, yet
VAN AND E HUTTON HUDSON: PEREZ/FERMIN/I NFG OFF.COM. PHOTOS. MICHAEL GERMANA/GLOBE KRUGER: RUP ERT HARTLEY/REX USA. CONNELLY: IMAGES. BENING: FRANK MICELOTTA/GETTY also quite sensual,” says Normant.
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